Basket structure



Oct. 19, 1937. c. PULTAR BASKET STRUCTURE Filed sept. 21, 1956 BYATTORNEY.

l Patented Oct. i9, 1937 i e. Uthmang fsTATEs i PATENT orifice 2,096,337BASKET STRUCTURE Catherine lrvultar, Union, N. J. :i ApplicationSeptember 21, 1936, SerialNo. 101,728

4 Claims.

This invention relates, generally, to wire baskets and the invention hasreference, more parn ticularly, to a novel beaded wire basket and to themethod of making the same. v'l The principal object ofthe presentinvention is to provide a novel vbeaded wire basket that may be readilymade by children or others by merely following a few simpleinstructions.

Another object of the present invention lies inthe provision of a simplemethod by which the novel basket of this invention may be made, ythesaid method being such as to train children to Vbecome skilled in theuse of their hands.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a novelbeaded wire basket that is adapted for a wide variety of uses, and isexceedingly attractive in appearance, the said basket being rug-ged andhaving a long life in use.

Other objects of this invention, not at this time moreparticularlyenumerated, will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the same. Y

The invention is vclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich: e

' Fig. 1 is a perspective View of thevnovel basket of this invention,and f Figs. 2 to 5 are views illustrating steps in the making of thebasket ofY Fig. 1.

Similarcharacters of reference are employed 30 in said Views, tokindicate corresponding parts.

Referring now tothe several figures of the drawing, the referencenumeral I desi-gnates the novel basket-as a whole, thesaid basketconsisting of a bottom portion 2, flaring sides 3 and 35 a handle 4, allof whichparts are made of beaded wire and have the appearance oflattice-work.

kIn making up the basket I, the bottom portion 2y is rst made by takinga piece of wire 5,

which may be about 9 inches long, for example,

k4.0 and Stringing beads I5` on this wire forabout' inches of itslength. The end portion of the beadedwire containing about V12 beads isnow' bent into a squareV or` circular loop 6 and the free Vend of thewire bent preferably at least twice tightlyaround the main stem of thewire as shown at .'I. A portion of the'main stem of the f wire'adjoiningjoint 'land containing about 8 beads is now bent into a half circle orloop 8,

Vthe end of the half circle being attached to the '5o squares' at thepoint 9 thereof by twisting the main stem at least twice around the wireof loop 6'. Three more half circles 8 are now formed h in succession andattached at points 9', r9 and 'I yto theloop 6 byv twisting the mainstem around, l .55 vthe'wire of loop 6', thereby forming the structureshown in Fig. 3 constituting a part of the basket bottom.

yTo complete the basket bottom, a beaded wire about 8 inches long isused, and one end of the same attached to the center of one of the halfcircles 8 by twisting an end of the beaded wire about the central pointI0, thereby forming the joint I I. A portion of the beaded wirecontaining 10 beads is now bent into a crescent shaped loop and attachedto the center of the next half circle 8, i. e. at the part I0 thereof,the attachment being accomplished as before by twisting the main stem ofthe wire twice about the point I, thereby forming a segment I2constituting a portion of the bottom periphery. Three more segments I2are now made in succession, thereby completin-g the ybasket bottom asshown in Fig. 4.

In forming the sides of the basket I, a beaded wire about 16 inches longhas one end thereof attached by twisting the same upon the center of oneof the segments I2, i. e. at a point I3 of the segment. A portion of thewire containing 8 beads is then bent into substantially a half circle I4and attached to the segment l2 at the next point I3 spaced four beadsaway. 'I'hen another half circle I4 containing 8 beads is formed andattached to the next point I3 (see Fig. 4) until the first side row oflattice-work is formed.

In forming the second vrow of lattice-work, another beaded wire about 16inches long has one end thereof attached by twisting to the top centerof one of the half circles I4. A portion of the wire containing 8 beadsis then bent into substantially a half circle I5 and attached bytwisting the main stem of the wire twice about the top center of thenext half circle I4 and this is continued until the second row oflattice-work is complete. The third and top row of latticework issimilarly formed, thereby completing the sides ofthe basket. If desired,the basket sides may have additional or even fewer rows of lattice-work.

The handle 4 is formed by taking two pieces of beaded wire of the samelengths, for example, l0 inches long and twisting the same together atintervals at the points I6, there being, for example, 8 beads on eachwire between consecutive points I6. The ends of the wires are twistedabout the top centers of half circle loops Il of the top row of-lattice-work forming the basket sides, thereby completing the basket.

Although a basket of definite size and number of beads used has beendescribed to aid in the understanding of the invention, yet it will ofcourse 'be understood, that the basket may be made of any size desiredand that the number of beads used may also be varied as desired. Thecompleted basket has a very attractive appearance and is useful for avariety of purposes, the making of the basket being interesting andinstructive, especially to children. f

As many changes couldbe madeV in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, as dened by the followingclaims, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

l. A basket structure comprising, strands of bendable wire havingdecorative beads strung thereon so as to be carried thereby, said wirestrands being formed into interconnected loop formations, theconnections between adjacent loop formations being formed by twistingone portion of a strand .around an adjacent portion at points ofintersection between said loop formations. Y

2. A basket structure as dened in claim 1, wherein said loop formationsare related one to another in successive rows to form a desiredconformation of the ultimate basket structure.

3. In a basket structure, a bottom formed of a pair of strands ofbendable wire having decorabeing formed by twisting a strand about apreviously formed loop.

4. A basket structure as defined in claim 3, having sides formed ofthree rows of latticef work, each of said rows consisting of a singleLbeaded wire strand formed into a series of loops, the loops of one rowbeing interconnected with those of an adjacent row, and the loops `ofthe lower row being interconnected with the segment like loops of saidbottom, and a handle consisting of a row of loops formed by twisting twobeaded wire strands together at regularly occurring mutually spacedpoints.

. CATHERINE PU'LTAR.

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